Sewing-awl.



PASCAL M. BEQUETTE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SEWING-AWL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed February 8, 1906. Serial No. 300,145.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PASCAL M. BEQUETTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Awls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of sewing awls in which'the sewing thread is carried on a spool in a chamber in the handle and the object thereof is to provide simple and convenient means to cause a tension upon the thread when sewing. I accomplish this object by means of the sewing awl de scribed herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l-is a side elevation of my improved sewing awl threaded and ready for use. Fig. 2*1s a central vertical section of the upper end of the awl handle at right angles to the plane of Fig. l.

In the drawings 3 is the handle which is preferably formed of wood. In the upper end of this handle is a spool chamber 4 which preferably opens outwardly in the side of the handle at 5 as best shown in Fig. 2. This chamber is preferably inclined to the longitudinal axis of the handle as thereby a larger chamber is provided for holding thread.

Around the handle and preferably in register with the opening into the spool chamber is a groove 6 for the reception of a heavy elastic and preferably round rubber band 7. Extending from the spool chamber outwardly and opening into this channel is a thread channel 8 through which the thread 9 passes and thence down through the eye of the needle 10 adjustably secured in the needle holding chuck 10. The rubber band is of considerable strength and is under some expansion when in place in the groove so that a tension will be put upon the thread which passes out under it as shown in Fig. 2 so that the thread will have to be pulled against this tension, which is regulated by the size of the band, the heavier the band and the smaller it is, the greater is the tension on the thread.

Vhen it is desired to put a new spool of thread into the spool chamber the elastic band can be easily rolled out of the groove and after the spool is in the chamber and the end of the thread brought out through the thread channel the band can be easily rolled back into the channel when it. will not only provide a tension for the thread but will hold the spool from coming out of the chamber.

If desired other means could be provided for holding the spool in the chamber which could open at the t-op, the essence of my invention being in providing a channel extending from the spool chamber and terminating in the -groove for the elastic band and the band for putting a tension on the thread.

Having described my invention what I claim is 1. An awl comprising a handle having a thread chamber opening at the side of the handle and also having a groove around the handle registering with the opening into the thread chamber and a channel leading from the thread chamber and terminating in the groove; and an elastic rubber band in said groove.

2. An awl handle having a thread chamber therein and a thread channel extending from said chamber; an elastic rubber band around said handle and covering the outlet of said thread channel.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I -have hereunto subscribed my name this 2nd day of February, 1906.

PASCAL M. BEQUETTE.

Witnesses:

GLAE. HARPHAM, EDMUND A. STRAUSE. 

